About that KSM Plea Deal – HotAir

Here’s one of those headlines that sort of leaps at us from out of the blue, resurrecting the name of a monster that seemed to be safely tucked away in the dustbin of history. It was announced last night by the Office of Military Commissions (OMC) that a plea deal has been reached with 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his fellow terrorists. They will plead guilty to their roles in the worst terror attack in history. In return, the death penalty will be taken off the table for all three, including Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi. They have been detained at Guantanamo Bay for nearly a quarter of a century while the families of their victims awaited justice. Most of the family members are already expressing outrage, because “justice delayed” in this case has turned out to not be any sort of justice at all. The details of how…